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AFAM 162: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

Lecture 01 - Dawn of Freedom. Professor Holloway offers an introduction to the course. He explains the organization of the course and summarizes some of the key concepts that will be explored over the course of the semester. Professor Holloway uses the African American experience as a prism to understand American history, because, as he notes, the African American experience speaks to the very heart of what it means to be American. He highlights specific examples of the linkage between freedom, citizenship, and the denial of citizenship, including an ex-slave's epitaph and Confederate scrip. Finally, Professor Holloway shows how the post-emancipation African American experience is a history of political struggle, social protest, social control, cultural celebration, and a history of powerful relevance today for many of its political and cultural symbols.
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Lecture 01 - Dawn of Freedom

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Frederick Douglass' Speech, Delivered to Abolitionist Friends in 1852
[00:04:44] 2. What Does It Mean to Be American?
[00:07:56] 3. The Story of John Jack
[00:15:43] 4. The Linkage between Freedom and Citizenship
[00:19:25] 5. The History of the Post-Emancipation African American Experience
[00:24:26] 6. Local Events in History

References
Lecture 1 - Dawn of Freedom
Instructor: Professor Jonathan Holloway. Credit List [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Dawn of Freedom
Lecture 02 - Dawn of Freedom (continued)
Lecture 03 - Reconstruction
Lecture 04 - Reconstruction (continued)
Lecture 05 - Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation
Lecture 06 - Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued)
Lecture 07 - Migration and Urbanization
Lecture 08 - Migration and Urbanization (continued)
Lecture 09 - The New Negroes
Lecture 10 - The New Negroes (continued)
Lecture 11 - Depression and Double V
Lecture 12 - Depression and Double V (continued)
Lecture 13 - The Road to Brown and Little Rock
Lecture 14 - From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights
Lecture 15 - From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued)
Lecture 16 - From Voting Rights to Watts
Lecture 17 - From Voting Rights to Watts (continued)
Lecture 18 - Black Power
Lecture 19 - Black Power (continued)
Lecture 20 - The Politics of Gender and Culture
Lecture 21 - The Politics of Gender and Culture (continued)
Lecture 22 - Public Policy and Presidential Politics
Lecture 23 - Public Policy and Presidential Politics (continued)
Lecture 24 - Who Speaks for the Race?
Lecture 25 - Who Speaks for the Race? (continued)